Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 , michael bindel <michael_bindel> wrote: > > Silence > > Maharshi: Language is only a medium for communicating one's thoughts to another. It is called in only after thoughts arise; other thoughts arise after the 'I'-thought rises; the 'I'-thought is the root of all conversation. When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of silence. > > Silence is ever speaking; it is a perennial flow of language; it is interrupted by speaking. These words obstruct that mute language. There is electricity flowing in the wire. With resistance to its passage, it glows as a lamp or revolves as a fan. In the wire it remains as electric energy. Similarly also, silence is the eternal flow of language, obstructed by words. > > What one fails to know by conversation extending to several years can be known in a trice in Silence, or in front of Silence, as was the case with Dakshinamurti and his four disciples. > > - Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi, No. 246 > > Celebrate 's 10th Birthday! > Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web Put yourself in a room. With no windows,no TV,no radio,no internet,no distractions whatsoever. Watch what happens. Ramana did it...(in a cave or cellar,if I recall) Can you? Is this 'Silence' just a romantic idea? Maybe dreamy and wishful thinking? To find your 'Heart'....one must look into the mirror (so to speak). Everyone talks of 'Silence'...few dare to find it. Just a thought. : ) Know who you are,then all else will be know (Sri Ramana) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 , thatindianwoman <thatindianwoman> wrote: > Dear Don, > I have done silence for 10 days > Doing Vipassana meditation. > I was not to have the eye contact too. > If we dont look at anyone and don't talk > the ego goes throgh such distress and pain.............. > it was an eye opener to me > how much I do not abide in the Self. > But once I fially settled down on the 8th or 9th day > I really did not want to talk. At that point it was romantic!!!!!!!!!! > > Love > Reena > > michael bindel <michael_bindel> wrote: > OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SRI RAMANAYA > > > > Dear Don > Dear unknown friend in this wonderful list > > > i would not dare to send messages like this if their content would not not only fill my inner being b u t a r e " my " way to live what " i " know to be true > > fullpoint > > > thank you for your welcome reaction to the work of this being > > > in love in GD > > > in Ramana > > > michael > > > , michael bindel > <michael_bindel> wrote: > > > > Silence > > > > Maharshi: Language is only a medium for communicating one's > thoughts to another. It is called in only after thoughts arise; other > thoughts arise after the 'I'-thought rises; the 'I'-thought is the > root of all conversation. When one remains without thinking one > understands another by means of the universal language of silence. > > > > Silence is ever speaking; it is a perennial flow of language; it is > interrupted by speaking. These words obstruct that mute language. > There is electricity flowing in the wire. With resistance to its > passage, it glows as a lamp or revolves as a fan. In the wire it > remains as electric energy. Similarly also, silence is the eternal > flow of language, obstructed by words. > > > > What one fails to know by conversation extending to several years > can be known in a trice in Silence, or in front of Silence, as was > the case with Dakshinamurti and his four disciples. > > > > - Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi, No. 246 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, Silence is good.I meant my post in a positive way.I hope I did'nt sound off base. Silence is diffucult to relax into,but once rediscovers ones own 'Being' everything smooths out. 'Being' is used by Ramana as an intransitive verb. Its easily misunderstood word or idea. One Relaxes into 'Being',as opposed to trying to run out and chase it down. My practice started at night as the body begins to drift to sleep.I simply did not sleep and found pure awarness this way. Ego (Chattering Brain Wave) is the first thing that starts to shutdown as one quietly drifts off to sleep.Simply do nothing other than stay aware.This is Pure Awarness. I read somewhere that Ramana recommended this to a devotee years ago,so as to get his message across as to Silence versus the Ego. I will try to dig it up over at the Ramana Website. Peace : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Don, You definitely have not sounded off base I just felt compelled to write how it was for me. Thats all. > , > thatindianwoman > <thatindianwoman> wrote: > > Dear Don, > > I have done silence for 10 days > > Doing Vipassana meditation. > > I was not to have the eye contact too. > > If we dont look at anyone and don't talk > > the ego goes throgh such distress and > pain.............. > > it was an eye opener to me > > how much I do not abide in the Self. > > But once I fially settled down on the 8th or 9th > day > > I really did not want to talk. At that point it > was > romantic!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Love > > Reena > > > > michael bindel <michael_bindel> wrote: > > OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SRI RAMANAYA > > > > > > > > Dear Don > > Dear unknown friend in this wonderful list > > > > > > i would not dare to send messages like this if > their content would > not not only fill my inner being b u t a r e > " my " way to live > what " i " know to be true > > > > fullpoint > > > > > > thank you for your welcome reaction to the work of > this being > > > > > > in love in GD > > > > > > in Ramana > > > > > > michael > > > > > > , michael > bindel > > <michael_bindel> wrote: > > > > > > Silence > > > > > > Maharshi: Language is only a medium for > communicating one's > > thoughts to another. It is called in only after > thoughts arise; > other > > thoughts arise after the 'I'-thought rises; the > 'I'-thought is the > > root of all conversation. When one remains without > thinking one > > understands another by means of the universal > language of silence. > > > > > > Silence is ever speaking; it is a perennial flow > of language; it > is > > interrupted by speaking. These words obstruct that > mute language. > > There is electricity flowing in the wire. With > resistance to its > > passage, it glows as a lamp or revolves as a fan. > In the wire it > > remains as electric energy. Similarly also, > silence is the eternal > > flow of language, obstructed by words. > > > > > > What one fails to know by conversation extending > to several years > > can be known in a trice in Silence, or in front of > Silence, as was > > the case with Dakshinamurti and his four > disciples. > > > > > > - Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi, No. 246 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > Silence is good.I meant my post in a positive way.I > hope I did'nt > sound off base. > > Silence is diffucult to relax into,but once > rediscovers ones own > 'Being' everything smooths out. > > 'Being' is used by Ramana as an intransitive verb. > > Its easily misunderstood word or idea. > > One Relaxes into 'Being',as opposed to trying to > run out and chase > it down. > > My practice started at night as the body begins to > drift to sleep.I > simply did not sleep and found pure awarness this > way. > Ego (Chattering Brain Wave) is the first thing that > starts to > shutdown as one quietly drifts off to sleep.Simply > do nothing other > than stay aware.This is Pure Awarness. > > I read somewhere that Ramana recommended this to a > devotee years > ago,so as to get his message across as to Silence > versus the Ego. > > I will try to dig it up over at the Ramana Website. > > > Peace > > > : ) > > > > > > > > > Make your home page http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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